MARK Brooks has taken out the overall win in his 1970 Datsun 1600 at the Club Motori Italia Lufra to Lookout Regularity Hillclimb run early this month.
A field of just under 50 cars entered this year’s event, which is fast becoming a must-do event for historic motorsports in Tasmania, attracting entrants from throughout Tasmania and even interstate.
Brooks managed to steer his Datsun to an overall win, beating Jack Perry in is 1968 Morris Mini panel van by just one point, with a further five points behind, the Audi S3 of James Eddington.
The Lufra to Lookout Hillclimb is different to most such events, in that it is not an event where the overall fastest car wins, but regularity, meaning the car that is the most consistent wins.
This sees entrants compete against themselves in an attempt to ensure they gain the same time each time they drive the course. With consistency the key to the day, it means to win the event, you don’t need to have the newest or fastest race car and so attracts a wider variety of sports cars, with some particularly special motor cars in attendance.
This year, the event attracted about 200 spectators.
Rounding out the top 10 was Hamish Elliot in a 2005 Hyundai Geta, while Bill Griffiths managed to steer his beautiful black 1973 Aston Martin AMv8 to fifth, just piping Edward Newton in his 1965 Jaguar E Type coupe.
Following the Jag was Rhys Silver in a red and white 1977 Mini, John King in an MGB, Becher Townshend in his 1955 Austin Healey and Andrew Hayhurst in a red 2002 Holden Commodore.
David Capponi was the first Italian car to finish in his Maserati Coupe, while John Madigan won drive of the day in his 1978 red and gold Alfa Romeo Alfasud.